most of us make a basic and reasonable assumption about sanity: we think it produces good results, and we believe insanity is a problem. This book argues that in at least one vitally important circumstance insanity produces good results and sanity is a problem. In times of crisis, we are better off being led by mentally ill leaders than by mentally normal ones.

S. Nassir Ghaemi, A first-rate madness: uncovering the links between leadership and mental illness, New York, NY, 2012, p. 12