Haiku is a particularly Zen ...

Haiku is a particularly Zen form of poetry; for Zen detests egoism in the form of calculated effects or self-glorification of any sort. The author of haiku should be absent, and only the haiku present.
 Anne Bancroft

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The author of haiku should be absent, and only the haiku present.
 Anne Bancroft
The challenge, whenever you create anything, is to persevere and push away the negative voices. And the more you accomplish, the louder they get. The key is to shut them off and trust in your heart where you're going.
 Anne Bancroft
Getting through high school and college was one of my greatest achievements.
 Anne Bancroft
I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.
 Anne Bancroft