I'm curious what inspires some of the other authors on this site.

Not like what literary works have influenced your own, but what gives you ideas...

For instance, while I truly love my music, it has yet to inspire anything in my writing.  On the other hand, my mind has color schemes it loves that never show up in my music or reading, weird ones like Burgandy and Blue, Turquoise and Orange, Green and Orange, Green and Purple, etc.  My writing tries to use those color schemes and create a synesthetic feel that matches them.(Synesthetic feel is that the writing and ideas create those color schemes in my head.  Look up Synesthesia for a greater understanding of my minor insanity  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia.)