If someone in real life told me that fiction is not worth the time, I'd instantly write him off as at best a moron who has mastered some technical skills. Edit

If someone in real life told me that fiction is not worth the time, I'd instantly write him off as at best a moron who has mastered some technical skills. Edit: he may manage to become not a moron in the future, I just mean that I would proceed under the assumption that he is at this time a moron.