I guess. My point is more that I don't really consider appreciating literature and art to be part of being intellectualism.
But that's just another bias. I'm a social scientist and academia so I'm pretty snooty about what knowledge/intellectualism is--just like many hear are snooty about what literature/art are.
For me books, music, movies etc. are just entertainment really. I don't get into it from an "art" or intellectual standpoint. I stick to science, history and other non-fiction stuff for broadening my intellect. I pick up a novel or put on a movie when I want to turn my intellect off.
But if others want to take fiction books etc. more seriously, there's nothing wrong with that and I wouldn't knock them or insult them for it. I just don't approach literature and art from an intellectual standpoint personally.