Is that the worst thing about being a gossip, constantly treading that fine line?
That’s a difficulty. Another difficulty is keeping all of your friends while trying to be a juicy writer. And trying also not to harm anybody. I don’t want to harm anyone, I just want to entertain them. What is the worst thing about being a gossip columnist? It’s relentless, it never stops. Every day there’s another deadline. It’s like a hungry animal, it has to be fed. Is “access to the stars” all-important or would you consider a sharp sense of humor more of an asset? The humor helps. If you don’t have an item that’s particularly alive and exciting, you can almost always make it alive and exciting by writing it well. Do you find it strange when other columnists dish about you? That you’ve become somewhat of a celebrity yourself? I think that it’s part of the game. I remember a couple of times I was in my own way. Not that I mean to imply that I am a celebrity, I do not mean to imply that. But sometimes you go to a place and say you’re running after Julianne Moore and people are runni
