Need some help here! Why does Hinton say, “I don’t think by the time I was 20 I could have written that book”

if you want the passage the cite will be down below

and this is language arts or just English

What do you think will be the lasting impact that reality tv has on the humanities and how we see ourselves as humans? based on what you learned about the theater (which was not always considered high art) in this week's readings, what may be some future similarities and differences between reality tv and the theater?