Good thread!
Um... my husband and my son, because they're so supportive and understanding about my writing time, and they never make me feel guilty about it.
The Neverending Story inspired me to write. I wanted to do
that to people... make them lose an entire day reading something because it was so engaging, they just couldn't put it down.
Every single fascinating person I have ever met (and that's all of 'em. People are utterly amazing to me, whether they're nice, mean, ambivalent, petty, saints, bastards, whatever...)
Strangely, other writers don't inspire me to write. They inspire me to read.