Thomas Lux Quote

It's a craft, an art form. "And for me, at least, to do it well is very hard work. The whole point is, you break your behind to make it look simple. Everyone knows that a dancer works for 15 years to jump up and down like a gazelle once on a stage. For me, to make a poem seem that way too, I have to sweat blood.

Los Angeles Times (10 April 1995)

It's a craft, an art form. And for me, at least, to do it well is very hard work. The whole point is, you break your behind to make it look simple....

It's a craft, an art form. And for me, at least, to do it well is very hard work. The whole point is, you break your behind to make it look simple....

It's a craft, an art form. And for me, at least, to do it well is very hard work. The whole point is, you break your behind to make it look simple....

It's a craft, an art form. And for me, at least, to do it well is very hard work. The whole point is, you break your behind to make it look simple....