““This isn’t just consulting work, Haig. It means going into politics.”
“So?”
“What do I need it for?”
“Nobody needs anything except a little food and water now and then. The rest is preferences.””

—  Robert Silverberg , book The Stochastic Man

Source: The Stochastic Man (1975), Chapter 8 (p. 33)

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