Show the readers everything, tell them nothing.

Because Fascism is a lie, it is condemned to literary sterility. And when it is past, it will have no history, except the bloody history of murder.

My big fish must be somewhere.

Live it up so you can write it down.

In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason.

Never write about a place until you're away from it, because it gives you perspective. Immediately after you've seen something you can give a photographic description of it and make it accurate. That's good practice, but it isn't creative writing.

Write hard and clear about what hurts.