I can go ahead and hammer out the stuff they want, and earn the equivalent of a good salary by it.

There are free-lances, you know, who earn as much as four or five hundred a month.

I don't care to become as they; but I'll earn a good living, and have plenty of time to myself, which I wouldn't have in any position." "Then, I'll have my spare time for study and for real work.

In between the grind I'll try my hand at masterpieces, and I'll study and prepare myself for the writing of masterpieces.

Why, I am amazed at the distance I have come already.