diff --git a/src/honeysql/core.clj b/src/honeysql/core.clj
index da99666..d25415c 100644
--- a/src/honeysql/core.clj
+++ b/src/honeysql/core.clj
@@ -42,7 +42,14 @@
       :having, :merge-having
       :limit
       :offset
-      :modifiers, :merge-modifiers"
+      :modifiers, :merge-modifiers
+      :insert-into
+      :columns, :merge-columns
+      :values, :merge-values
+      :query-values
+      :update
+      :set
+      :delete-from"
   [& clauses]
   (let [[base clauses] (if (map? (first clauses))
                          [(first clauses) (rest clauses)]
diff --git a/src/honeysql/format.clj b/src/honeysql/format.clj
index 88377ac..82d7445 100644
--- a/src/honeysql/format.clj
+++ b/src/honeysql/format.clj
@@ -152,8 +152,9 @@
 
 (def clause-order
   "Determines the order that clauses will be placed within generated SQL"
-  [:select :from :join :left-join :right-join :where :group-by :having
-   :order-by :limit :offset])
+  [:select :insert-into :update :delete-from :columns :set :from :join
+   :left-join :right-join :where :group-by :having :order-by :limit :offset
+   :values :query-values])
 
 (def known-clauses (set clause-order))
 
@@ -342,3 +343,31 @@
 
 (defmethod format-clause :offset [[_ offset] _]
   (str "OFFSET " (to-sql offset)))
+
+(defmethod format-clause :insert-into [[_ table] _]
+  (str "INSERT INTO " (to-sql table)))
+
+(defmethod format-clause :columns [[_ fields] _]
+  (str "(" (comma-join (map to-sql fields)) ")"))
+
+(defmethod format-clause :values [[_ values] _]
+  (if (sequential? (first values))
+    (str "VALUES " (comma-join (for [x values]
+                                 (str "(" (comma-join (map to-sql x)) ")"))))
+    (str
+      "(" (comma-join (map to-sql (keys (first values)))) ") VALUES "
+      (comma-join (for [x values]
+                    (str "(" (comma-join (map to-sql (vals x))) ")"))))))
+
+(defmethod format-clause :query-values [[_ query-values] _]
+  (to-sql query-values))
+
+(defmethod format-clause :update [[_ table] _]
+  (str "UPDATE " (to-sql table)))
+
+(defmethod format-clause :set [[_ values] _]
+  (str "SET " (comma-join (for [[k v] values]
+                            (str (to-sql k) " = " (to-sql v))))))
+
+(defmethod format-clause :delete-from [[_ table] _]
+  (str "DELETE FROM " (to-sql table)))
diff --git a/src/honeysql/helpers.clj b/src/honeysql/helpers.clj
index a5294bb..91c1ca2 100644
--- a/src/honeysql/helpers.clj
+++ b/src/honeysql/helpers.clj
@@ -154,3 +154,58 @@
     m
     (update-in m [:modifiers] concat (collify ms))))
 
+(defmethod build-clause :insert-into [_ m table]
+  (assoc m :insert-into table))
+
+(defn insert-into
+  ([table] (insert-into nil table))
+  ([m table] (build-clause :insert-into m table)))
+
+(defhelper columns [m fields]
+  (assoc m :columns (collify fields)))
+
+(defhelper merge-columns [m fields]
+  (update-in m [:columns] concat (collify fields)))
+
+(defmethod build-clause :values [_ m vs]
+  (assoc m :values vs))
+
+(defn values
+  ([vs] (values nil vs))
+  ([m vs] (build-clause :values m vs)))
+
+(defmethod build-clause :merge-values [_ m vs]
+  (update-in m [:values] concat vs))
+
+(defn merge-values
+  ([vs] (merge-values nil vs))
+  ([m vs] (build-clause :merge-values m vs)))
+
+(defmethod build-clause :query-values [_ m vs]
+  (assoc m :query-values vs))
+
+(defn query-values
+  ([vs] (values nil vs))
+  ([m vs] (build-clause :query-values m vs)))
+
+(defmethod build-clause :update [_ m table]
+  (assoc m :update table))
+
+(defn update
+  ([table] (update nil table))
+  ([m table] (build-clause :update m table)))
+
+(defmethod build-clause :set [_ m values]
+  (assoc m :set values))
+
+;; short for sql set, to avoid name collision with clojure.core/set
+(defn sset
+  ([vs] (values nil vs))
+  ([m vs] (build-clause :set m vs)))
+
+(defmethod build-clause :delete-from [_ m table]
+  (assoc m :delete-from table))
+
+(defn delete-from
+  ([table] (delete-from nil table))
+  ([m table] (build-clause :delete-from m table)))