Quotes from Saroo Brierley

Why make life so dull when you can make it exciting and meet amazing people and go to countries and see things? You make life the way you want it to be. A lot of people don't realize that at the end of the day, the ultimate control of what you do and your destiny, it lies in the way you want to direct yourself.

I see Calcutta as a place where I have a lot of memories... a lot of fond memories of coming back here and helping the children.

I need to be mentally stimulated.

When I came to Australia in 1987 as an adoptee from India, I could not have had any idea where my life journey would take me.

I've moved to Australia, to amazing parents who gave me unconditional love, to being educated and submerged in an amazing country and society.

My past was always there. And I always understood that I was adopted. It wasn't like a massive issue to me. But identity was an issue. I knew that I was Indian, but I didn't really know much about myself, really. I mean, I really disassociated myself from what happened in the past to present. But, it was affecting in regards to identity.

At the end of the day, I think people just need to start listening to their hearts and their gut feelings and their dreams, because that's what I did.

The Hindi film that connects with my life story the most is the movie 'Hero' - two brothers being lost and sort of coming back.

The functional uses of machines and innovative computer programs is not to isolate us but, rather, to promote coexistence. If used properly, it brings us together, granting unimaginable opportunities, magnifying the most quintessential and exclusively human capabilities.

For a couple that wants to have a child, there's the option of IVF, but then have a look at adoption as well.

We were a sport-oriented family. Because I was athletic, I made friends easily.