I wanted to make worlds and stories for people to be part of I guess. Played FF7 and thought "yeah, I can make something like this". In the process of learning though I've grown to love pretty much every aspect of development and many aspects of what games can do. Exploring a new world is fun and all but it's also cool to explore all the kinds of worlds that can exist I guess? That's probably why I have a billion prototypes and jam games and only a handful of "finished" games I feel OK with selling.
As for what inspires me these days? Pretty much everything. I could make a long list of all my interests but I figure if you've got the bug then you're gonna find inspiration wherever you look. It's not something you can turn off, no matter how frustrating it is when you're trying to focus on something else :P