4 Quotes & Sayings By Alyssa B Sheinmel

Alyssa B. Sheinmel is a writer, producer, and director. She is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Her work has been published on VH1's Behind the Music, ABC's Hot in Cleveland, and on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm Read more

Alyssa recently collaborated with her friend and former roommate of seven years, Kate Bosworth, on a one-woman show entitled The Breakup Artist: How to Save Your Marriage from Breaking Down. It is currently being developed as a television show for HBO with Bosworth acting as Executive Producer. Additionally she serves as the Co-Executive Producer of the film This Year's Model starring Olivia Munn and Josh Hartnett.

She lives in New York City with her husband and son.

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I never thought before how strange the notion of a transplant list is. The only list I've ever really given thought to were grocery lists and to-do lists, lists of homework assignments and list of clothes I wanted to buy before school started. I never thought there was such a thing as a list of names, people waiting for new faces. People waiting for someone else to die. Alyssa B. Sheinmel
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Part of us did die. Literally - that tissue on your face, the part they removed. It died. And you can't recover from any kind of death without mourning it. Alyssa B. Sheinmel
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Maybe the witch thought she was protecting Rapunzel, not punishing her. Maybe she thought that if Rapunzel was locked away, no one could ever hurt her. Maybe the witch kept Rapunzel because she loved her, because she was scared that if other people could get to Rapunzel, they would hurt her. And maybe Rapunzel didn't understand the witch; maybe she was angry at her - but maybe she loved her too. Alyssa B. Sheinmel