I think the easiest people to fool are ourselves. Fooling ourselves may even be a necessary precondition for fooling others.
Iain BanksI still have some of my old University essays, and I do still have my drawing book from primary year seven.
Iain BanksIn theory, I work an eight-hour day and a five-day week which means I can socialise with my pals who mostly have normal jobs like teaching and computer programming.
Iain BanksMy greatest enemies are Women and the Sea. These things I hate. Women because they are weak and stupid and live in the shadow of men and are nothing compared to them, and the Sea because it has always frustrated me, destroying what I have built, washing away what I have left, wiping clean the marks I have made.
Iain Banks