“The idea for 'Conversations with Friends' - two college students who b...” — Sally Rooney Quote

“The idea for 'Conversations with Friends' - two college students who befriend a married couple - struck me at first as a concept for a short story. I started to write it under the title 'Melissa,' and eventually, it got too long.”

“I am not trying to speak for anyone else, never mind an entire generation. I don't even know what that means.”

“Marianne replaces the yogurt pot in the freezer now and asks Joanna if she finds it strange, to be paid for her hours at work - to exchange, in other words, blocks of her extremely limited time on this earth for the human invention known as money.”

“Engineering college students should be encouraged to start entrepreneurial ventures in their second year itself. It is safer to fail while in college.”

“I am particularly surprised that certain outlets look at pass rates irrespective of student population. As if inner city high school kids are to fare as well as college students.”

“Media cycles end, but the Internet never forgets. This is a valuable lesson, especially for college students.”