I think everything contributes to your creativity.
Every cookie is a sugar cookie. A cookie without sugar is a cracker.
I was born when my dad was 50... It's weird growing up with a dad that much older than you. We'd go to the movies, we're both getting discounts.
The key is to get it all down on paper before the coffee stops telling you you're talented.
As a child I most closely identified with Charlie Browns teacher. Nobody listened.
I think the biggest challenge I have faced is that I have struggled most of my life with often crippling depression which has sometimes if not keeping me off stage kept me from writing regularly and with any kind of confidence.