Professor Andrew Lees discusses his book "Mentored by a Madman: The William Burroughs Experiment" with Dr Sean O\u2019Sullivan and Elizabeth Highton. Andrew speaks to the importance of looking beyond one\u2019s area of expertise for mentorship, the relationship between art and science in neurology, Parkinson's disease and how William Burroughs played an unlikely role in his own medical career. \n\nYou can read Sean O\u2019Sullivan\u2019s review of the book on the JNNP website: http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/88/3/280.