Full Idea
It cannot be self-reference alone that is at fault. Rather, what seems to cause the problems in the paradoxes is the combination of self-reference with falsity.
Gist of Idea
Self-reference paradoxes seem to arise only when falsity is involved
Source
Stephen Read (Thinking About Logic [1995], Ch.6)
Book Reference
Read,Stephen: 'Thinking About Logic' [OUP 1995], p.154