A painter,” he said, as though the word were an insult. “I’m a writer.”“You’re a writer? I’m a writer.”“What do you write?”“Stories. Books. A book. Fiction.”“Fiction. Pfft. That’s not writing.”“What do you write?”“I write the truth.”“Fiction is true. It doesn’t have to be factual to be true.”“Says you. Have you been published?”“As a matter of fact I have. My novel sold over 65,000 copies.”“All to your mom.”“My mom didn’t even know about it.
-Ben Monopoli
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