İş kitap okumaya gelince de durum daha parlak değil. Demokratik Eğitim ve Stratejik Araştırmalar Merkezinin "Türk Halkının Kitapla İmtihanı" raporuna göre Türkiye %0.1'lik okuma oranı ile 86. sırada yer alıyor. Norveç'te bir vatandaş kitabı yıllık ortalama 137, Almanya'da ise 122 dolar harcarken, dünyaya bedel Bir Türk ise 25 cent gibi komik bir miktarı kitaba ayırmakta. Bir başka veri de Türkiye İstatistik Kurumundan gelsin. İlim irfanına doyamayan milletimizin ihtiyaç listesinde kitap kaçıncı sırada dersiniz? 235.
"The flaw in Festen is that it ultimately ends well for the man who confronts his father and his family. In real life it doesn't end well for anyone who confronts their father and family. The problem with Festen is that it lets the person who confronts their family produce evidence. In real life there is no evidence. In real life no one who confronts their family has a twin who has killed herself, leaving a note proving the father's guilt. I would like to have had a twin who killed herself and left a note proving Dad's guilt. Festen is a great film, but it's wrong."