"I just read an 800-page history of the Scottish Enlightenment and, honestly, I may as well just start it again now, because I cannot remember a single thing. I can barely remember where Scotland is."

"I hate menus, I hate choosing food. I just want to be brought. Bring me dinner!"

"Driving a motorcycle is like flying. All your senses are alive. When I ride through Beverly Hills in the early morning, and all the sprinklers have turned off, the scents that wash over me are just heavenly. Being House is like flying, too. You're free of the gravity of what people think."

"I admit I can't shake the idea that there is virtue in suffering, that there is a sort of psychic economy, whereby if you embrace success, happiness and comfort, these things have to be paid for."

"A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires."

"God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly."

"I used food as a coping mechanism for many, many years, and it was my best friend for a long time."

"A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship."