I think I did it to make my mom happy. The reason I do so many things is that, if I didn't, I would be royally bored. Everything happens faster here. Business deals are faster. Relationships start faster and end faster.
Fame comes and goes more quickly.
You see extremes of wealth and poverty, and this year's wealth is next year's poverty. So it's not that Hollywood is different from anywhere else. It's just that it's a columnist's dream because everything is revealed in time for your deadline. It's a place of enormous human appetite, and that's always fodder for satire. Your columns show a great appreciation for classical music and opera.