You can have it all. You just have to sacrifice and work for it. Now that you are TheMan, how is that working for you?
Absolutely, everything is a trade-off, and you're the sum of your decisions.
My bet? Power is attractive when the author was on the outside and using it to further her own interests. Now that she has the power - and all of the attendant responsibility that goes with it - she doesn't like it so much.