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> [I try to eat vegetarian, though I'm not very good at it, and it's a work in progress. But we basically are what we eat. Eat fat, and there's fat in your body. Eat protein, and there's protein in your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-van-eekhout/i-try-to-eat-vegetarian-though-i-m-not-very-good-at-it-and-it-s-a/)

[Greg van Eekhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-van-eekhout/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/151/greg-van-eekhout-26306_basically_i-try-to-eat-vegetarian-though-i-m-not-v_1530665.png)

## More by Greg van Eekhout

> [Being part of the original 'Star Wars' generation, I have always known a dark future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-van-eekhout/being-part-of-the-original-star-wars-generation-i-have-always-known-a/)

[Greg van Eekhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-van-eekhout/)

> [More than working toward the book's climax, I work toward the denouement. As a reader and a writer, that's where I find the real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-van-eekhout/more-than-working-toward-the-book-s-climax-i-work-toward-the/)

[Greg van Eekhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-van-eekhout/)

> [It's possible I'm a weird person, you know, and if I could only write for people who are like me, I wouldn't have any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-van-eekhout/it-s-possible-i-m-a-weird-person-you-know-and-if-i-could-only-write/)

[Greg van Eekhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-van-eekhout/)

> [There's a certain amount of world-building that I hold off on until I need it for the story. World building in advance isn't really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-van-eekhout/there-s-a-certain-amount-of-world-building-that-i-hold-off-on-until-i/)

[Greg van Eekhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-van-eekhout/)

> [“Magic is like pulling the pin on a grenade and then sutffing it down your pants to see what happens.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-van-eekhout/magic-is-like-pulling-the-pin-on-a-grenade-and-then-sutffing-it-down/)

[Greg Van Eekhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-van-eekhout/)

> [I grew up in Los Angeles, and I was always fascinated by the La Brea Tar Pits. Right in the middle of the city,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-van-eekhout/i-grew-up-in-los-angeles-and-i-was-always-fascinated-by-the-la-brea/)

[Greg van Eekhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-van-eekhout/)

> [If 'Star Wars' wasn't enough to prepare me for a dark future, there was the 'Planet of the Apes' franchise, conveniently repeated for me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-van-eekhout/if-star-wars-wasn-t-enough-to-prepare-me-for-a-dark-future-there-was/)

[Greg van Eekhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-van-eekhout/)

> [Middle grade fiction, to me, is really about emergence of self. It's about expressing the idea that the world is going to start affecting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-van-eekhout/middle-grade-fiction-to-me-is-really-about-emergence-of-self-it-s/)

[Greg van Eekhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-van-eekhout/)

> [In everything I write, I'm always striving to hit the right mix of light and darkness, humor and pain, fun and seriousness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-van-eekhout/in-everything-i-write-i-m-always-striving-to-hit-the-right-mix-of/)

[Greg van Eekhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-van-eekhout/)

> [I feel lucky that my career so far has included books for adults and books for kids. They're equally important to me, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-van-eekhout/i-feel-lucky-that-my-career-so-far-has-included-books-for-adults-and/)

[Greg van Eekhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-van-eekhout/)

> [The stakes in my books tend to be kind of ridiculously high. In 'Kid vs. Squid,' the question is whether or not the California…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-van-eekhout/the-stakes-in-my-books-tend-to-be-kind-of-ridiculously-high-in-kid-vs/)

[Greg van Eekhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-van-eekhout/)

> [I try to eat vegetarian, though I'm not very good at it, and it's a work in progress. But we basically are what we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-van-eekhout/i-try-to-eat-vegetarian-though-i-m-not-very-good-at-it-and-it-s-a/)

[Greg van Eekhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-van-eekhout/)

> ['California Bones' is the first volume in my trilogy about Daniel Blackland, a wizard trying to survive in a world that eats wizards. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-van-eekhout/california-bones-is-the-first-volume-in-my-trilogy-about-daniel/)

[Greg van Eekhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-van-eekhout/)

> [To act as though we have hope is to keep hope alive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-van-eekhout/to-act-as-though-we-have-hope-is-to-keep-hope-alive/)

[Greg van Eekhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-van-eekhout/)

> [I think there's only one reason to write in any genre or to any particular age group: You are called to it. You think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-van-eekhout/i-think-there-s-only-one-reason-to-write-in-any-genre-or-to-any/)

[Greg van Eekhout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-van-eekhout/)

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