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> [I have a great many opinions about writing, but I'm afraid that all of them are unprintable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-lansing/i-have-a-great-many-opinions-about-writing-but-i-m-afraid-that-all-of/)

[Alfred Lansing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-lansing/)

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## More by Alfred Lansing

> [“A forbidding-looking place, certainly, but that only made it seem the more pitiful. It was the refuge of twenty-two men who, at that very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-lansing/a-forbidding-looking-place-certainly-but-that-only-made-it-seem-the/)

[Alfred Lansing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-lansing/)

> [“Then he opened the Bible Queen Alexandra had given them and ripped out the flyleaf and the page containing the Twenty-third Psalm. He also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-lansing/then-he-opened-the-bible-queen-alexandra-had-given-them-and-ripped/)

[Alfred Lansing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-lansing/)

> [“The date was October 27, 1915. The name of the ship was Endurance. The position was 69°5´ South, 51°30´ West—deep in the icy wasteland…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-lansing/the-date-was-october-27-1915-the-name-of-the-ship-was-endurance-the/)

[Alfred Lansing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-lansing/)

> [“Of all their enemies -- the cold, the ice, the sea -- he feared none more than demoralization.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-lansing/of-all-their-enemies-the-cold-the-ice-the-sea-he-feared-none-more/)

[Alfred Lansing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-lansing/)

> [In that instant they felt an overwhelming sense of pride and accomplishment. Though they had failed dismally even to come close to the expedition's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-lansing/in-that-instant-they-felt-an-overwhelming-sense-of-pride-and/)

[Alfred Lansing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-lansing/)

> [“Even at home, with theatres and all sorts of amusements, changes of scene and people, four months idleness would be tedious: One can then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-lansing/even-at-home-with-theatres-and-all-sorts-of-amusements-changes-of/)

[Alfred Lansing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-lansing/)

> [I have a great many opinions about writing, but I'm afraid that all of them are unprintable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-lansing/i-have-a-great-many-opinions-about-writing-but-i-m-afraid-that-all-of/)

[Alfred Lansing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-lansing/)

> [“Returning from a hunting trip, Orde-Lees, traveling on skis across the rotting surface of the ice, had just about reached camp when an evil,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-lansing/returning-from-a-hunting-trip-orde-lees-traveling-on-skis-across-the/)

[Alfred Lansing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-lansing/)

> [“They were for all practical purposes alone in the frozen Antarctic seas. It had been very nearly a year since they had last been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-lansing/they-were-for-all-practical-purposes-alone-in-the-frozen-antarctic/)

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> [“He promised to write a book later about the trip. He sold the rights to the motion pictures and still photographs that would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-lansing/he-promised-to-write-a-book-later-about-the-trip-he-sold-the-rights/)

[Alfred Lansing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-lansing/)

> [it's been my experience that most writers don't talk about their craft--they just do it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-lansing/it-s-been-my-experience-that-most-writers-don-t-talk-about-their/)

[Alfred Lansing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-lansing/)

> [No matter what the odds, a man does not pin his last hope for survival on something and then expect that it will fail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-lansing/no-matter-what-the-odds-a-man-does-not-pin-his-last-hope-for-survival/)

[Alfred Lansing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-lansing/)

> [“The whole undertaking was criticized in some circles as being too "audacious." And perhaps it was. But if it hadn't been audacious, it wouldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-lansing/the-whole-undertaking-was-criticized-in-some-circles-as-being-too/)

[Alfred Lansing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-lansing/)

> [“The simple act of sailing had carried him beyond the world of reversals, frustrations, and inanities. And in the space of a few short…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-lansing/the-simple-act-of-sailing-had-carried-him-beyond-the-world-of/)

[Alfred Lansing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-lansing/)

> [“Whatever his mood—whether it was gay and breezy, or dark with rage—he had one pervading characteristic: he was purposeful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-lansing/whatever-his-mood-whether-it-was-gay-and-breezy-or-dark-with-rage-he/)

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