Polemicist Biller:"Quickly set a few rhetorical Muhammad Ali hits"
Photo:Julia Steinigeweg / DER SPIEGEL
SPIEGEL: Mr. Biller, you are now turning 60. What have you learned in your life?
Biller: To be even more patient. Although my friends and family consider me a diplomat anyway.
SPIEGEL: Very funny.
Biller: On the one hand Hollywood diva, on the other hand a diplomat. I always give in at home. I even apologize for mistakes others have made.
SPIEGEL: For the sake of peace?
Biller: Maybe because there were so many conflicts at home. I can get violent. I can use words to describe people in ways they don't want to be described. And I can quickly set a few rhetorical Muhammad Ali hits.
SPIEGEL: To hurt others?
Biller: To have my peace. I learned that in school.
SPIEGEL: Patience, forbearance, those are descriptions that don't seem to really apply to your public work.
Biller: As a publicist or journalist, there has been no reason to learn anything as you say. I still dream of continuing my old column "100 Lines of Hate". Immediately.
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