Weirdo made a great post about finding inspiration and influences for your art and animation. He also linked to a video from a panel at Comic-Con, where Ralph Bakshi basically tells everyone to get off their asses and make something. Its good motivation, so check it out:
Ralph Bakshi: Surviving In Tough Times
Also, P-Bot apparently never made a post today... We'll have to open him up and replace some servos and motors or something.