Quotes by Self Deception The ingenuity of self-deception is inexhaustible. Hannah More self-deception deception self As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened. Kazuo Ishiguro self-deception literature people If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself. W. Somerset Maugham self-deception sometimes lying