Green has stated in podcasts that his inspiration for the book derived from his two years working for Electronic Arts where he saw, first-hand, how games are developed.

The poetry is by Charles Bernstein, and the inspiration derives from Walter Benjamin.

Similarly, in the Ancient Norse religions, inspiration derives from the gods, such as Odin.

His harmonic inspiration derived from Debussy and Ravel.

Antonio's inspiration often derives from various contemporary "mythologies", with the artist articulately stressing that his concept of mythology goes beyond the common Greek and Roman notion.

The rapper Boondox released a song on Halloween 2011 entitled "Abadon", the inspiration of which derives from Abaddon.

The inspiration and popularity of the book derive from Dumas's ability to distill and appeal to the European culture in which he lived.

Semantics is the study of meaning, and as such derives much of it theoretical inspiration from disciplines such as philosophy, psychology and linguistics.

Its intellectual inspiration derives much from the book The Future and Its Enemies by Virginia Postrel.