David Hockney is one of the most popular British artists of the twentieth century. In this witty, candid and revealing account of himself, he tells of his childhood in Bradford, his years at the Royal College of Art and his sojourns in California and Paris. From the London of the 1950s and the beginnings of Pop Art, to the pool-sides of Los Angeles, Hockney's story is full of anecdotes about himself, other artists and friends, and his thoughts about art.