Things that have inspired me
or coloured the way I have thought over the years:

Pre-school:
My family
Robot Archie, in the 'Lion' comics
William Brown, as in the 'Just William' stories. A true rebel & my first role model
Being Left-handed.
Cornwall
Cheetahs
Lego

Primary school:
Pencil & paper
Red & Black
Lana Turner, the first breathless blonde
Gort, the robot from 'The day the earth stood still'
116
Wendy, my first crush
Barbie
The Cold War
Daleks
Mr Hart-Dyke, my art teacher
My Brother :)
Asimov, for his 'I robot' series and other science fiction
John Wyndham for his science fiction too. I fell in love with the Sophie character in 'The Chrysalids'
My Grandma who introduced me to Marvel Comics & changed my life

Secondary school:
St Trinians
Red & white stripes
Boxes
The Silver Surfer
King Crimson for it's darkness & violence in songs such as 'Lark's tongues in Aspic'
Roger Dean
Peter Gabriel's Genesis, who made me appreciate being sent to a public school and being uniquely English
My duty as changing room 'Lost property' monitor, that taught me that I could write amusingly
Trees: The antenna of the Earth
Guns: I was in the First Eight at school and got to shoot some great classics

Teenage:
Norton, my first love
Mrs Walker, my art teacher
The Laverda Montjuic
Speed [mph]
Grass [smoked]
Ogri, another rebel
Punk

Twenties:
Despatch riding
Vogue magazine, for the models
Jack Shit
The Movies of Billy Wilder
and of Woody Allen
Amsterdam
Steely Dan
The Sahara Desert
My Children

Thirties:
Abi
Computers
The Internet
Playstation games, including Tomb Raider, Wipeout 2097, Ico & Rez
Recovery
The Beach

I shall add links to the things on this list soon, slowly but surely, in an attempt to explain how these things have affected me